| Deposit ID | 10133101 |
|---|---|
| MAS/MILS ID | 1220402056 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | (Facility) Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery |
| Point of reference | Town |
|---|---|
| Geographic coordinates: | -81.01648, 46.49999 (WGS84) |
| Location accuracy | 10000(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| Canada | Ontario |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Town (1) | -81.01648, 46.49999 |
|---|
| Operation type | Processing Plant |
|---|---|
| Development status | Plant |
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Significant | Yes |
| Discovery year | 1883 |
| Year of first production | 1902 |
| Plant type | Refiner |
| District name | Sudbury |
|---|
| Type | Owner-Operator |
|---|---|
| Owner | Inco Ltd. |
| Interest | 100 |
| Home office | Canada |
| Year | 1978 |
| Year | 1990 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Inco Canada Ops; Ni Metal And Oxide 109200 Tonnes Ni Contained | ||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 1220402056 |
INCO OPERATIONS FLOWSHEET. 1984.
EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY OF NICKEL & COBALT. 1988. EDITED BY
G.P. TYROLER AND C.A. LANDOLT. "INCO'S COPPER CLIFF
NICKEL REFINERY". BY WISEMAN, BALE, CHAPMAN, AND
MARTIN. PP. 373 - 390.
INCO MINING AND DISCOVERY. PUBLIC AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT,
ONTARIO DIVISION. INCO LTD.
NICKDATA, INC. A COMPEHENSIVE NICKEL INDUSTRY COST DATABASE
AND COSTING PROGRAM. 1991. ILMAR J. MARTENS,
THOMAS F. TORRIES.
BUREAR OF MINES INFORMATION CIRCULAR. 1991. TABLE 7.
AVAILABILITY OF PRIMARY NICKEL IN MARKET - ECONOMY
COUNTRIES. A MINERALS AVAILABILITY APPRAISAL.
CONALD I. BLEIWAS.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | COPPER CLIFF MINE WAS OPERATING PRIOR TO 1902, WHEN INCO FORMED FROM THE CANADIAN COPPER COMPANY. SUDBURY WAS THEN ONLY A COPPER OPERATION. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 22-DEC-1994 | Bleiwas, Donald | U.S. Bureau of Mines |
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MRDS records operators as of each record's last update (≤ 2019). Some of the operators listed here have since changed hands or dissolved:
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